Emine is an Arabic-origin given name used for females in Turkey.[1] It has three major meanings: (1) one whom you can trust and believe in; (2) one who is benign and innocuous, and (3) one who is fearless and courageous.[1] It is also argued that the word means beautiful.[2]

The origin of Emine is Arabic, but its source word has not been clearly established and two accounts are given.[3] It may be either the feminine form of Emin or a derivative of the African, Arabic, English, and Swahili name Amina.[4][5][6] Emmie is considered to be the Western version of the name.[2]

The word, Emine, has also been used for geographical areas and places. A headland at the Bulgarian Black Sea coast is called Cape Emine.[10] In addition, there is Emine Mountain or Emine Dagh in Stara planina in Bulgaria.[11][12] The other related geographical term with the word is Emine Balkan, which was used by the Bulgarians instead of Rumeli (Roman country) referring to the territory of Bulgaria where some Turkish tribes had lived since 11th century.[11] Here the word is not derived from Arabic, but from GreekHaemus: Αἵμον (acc.) which is, in turn, a derivative of *Ἔμμωνα, Emona, discovered in documents of the early 14th century.[12] However, Maria Todorova claims that Emine Balkan is the literal Ottoman translation of "Haemus mountain" and that the term was also employed by the Ottomans who derived the word Emine from the Byzantine words "Aimos", "Emmon", and "Emmona".[13] In Ijevan, Armenia, a quarters is called Emine kışlağı.[14]